Skip Navigation
Marc Ambinder

Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
« Previous Politics | Next Politics » Email Email Print Print

McCain Wins

By Marc Ambinder

Jan 19 2008, 9:27 PM ET Comment

McCain!size>color>

Why?
(1) Five years of hard work by McCain, consultants Richard Quinn and John Weaver in upstate South Carolina....the endorsement of the Greenville, SC state senator...apologizing to Falwell...
(2) demographics: growth in Charleston, Midlands and Horry county...
(3) The surge worked...and McCain stayed in the news...
(4) Rick Davis slims down the campaign, keeps staff in SC, but focuses on NH
(5) Thompson saps conservative votes from Huckabee...
(6) Romney's decision to pull out at the last minute...Giuliani's decision to pull out earlier...
(7) Veterans, enough Republicans and independents...

Presented by

More at The Atlantic

10 Years After Its Premiere, 'The Wire' Feels Dated, and That's a Good Thing A Decade Later, 'The Wire' Feels Dated, and That's a Good Thing
The Pathbreaking Flight of SpaceX's Dragon Capsule, by the Numbers SpaceX Dragon's Pathbreaking Flight, by the Numbers
Sex Selection in America: Why It Persists and How We Can Change It The Right Way to Fight Sex Selection
The Rock-Mining Children of Sierra Leone Have Not Found Peace 10 Years After Civil War, No Peace for Sierra Leone's Kids
Why Are Democrats Losing the Wisconsin Recall? Why Are Democrats Losing in Wisconsin?

Join the Discussion

After you comment, click Post. If you’re not already logged in you will be asked to log in or register.
blog comments powered by Disqus

Correspondents

View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

Afghanistan: May 2012

Jun 1, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

Marc Ambinder
from the Magazine

The Ally From Hell

Pakistan lies. It hosted Osama bin Laden (knowingly or not). Its government is barely functional.…